BMD-2 vs BMP-2: how to tell them apart

Two infantry fighting vehicles that are easy to mix up at a glance. Here is what tells them apart.

BMD-2

Infantry fighting vehicle, Soviet Union. In service since 1985

What gives it away

Tiny airborne tracked vehicle with a pointed bow, five road wheels and a small one-man turret with a 30 mm cannon.

Used by

Russia, Ukraine, Belarus

BMP-2

Infantry fighting vehicle, Soviet Union. In service since 1980

What gives it away

Low hull with a long pointed nose, two-man turret with a long thin 30 mm cannon and a missile launcher on the turret roof.

Used by

Russia, Ukraine, India and many others

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